# Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Károly Güttler (HUN) | 1:00.95 | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 3 August 1993 |
| Olympic record | Nelson Diebel (USA) | 1:01.50 | Barcelona, Spain | 26 July 1992 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 20 July | Heat 6 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve | Belgium | 1:00.60 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve | Belgium | 1:00.60 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Jeremy Linn | United States | 1:01.53 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Mark Warnecke | Germany | 1:01.79 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Károly Güttler | Hungary | 1:01.80 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Phil Rogers | Australia | 1:01.80 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Stanislav Lopukhov | Russia | 1:02.00 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Kurt Grote | United States | 1:02.01 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Zeng Qiliang | China | 1:02.26 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Daniel Málek | Czech Republic | 1:02.46 | q, NR |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Akira Hayashi | Japan | 1:02.63 | q |
| 11 | 5 | 8 | Marc Capdevila | Spain | 1:02.69 | q |
| 11 | 6 | 5 | Roman Ivanovsky | Russia | 1:02.69 | q |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | Oleksandr Dzhaburiya | Ukraine | 1:02.70 | q |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Norbert Rózsa | Hungary | 1:02.72 | q, WD |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | Paul Kent | New Zealand | 1:02.76 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Richard Maden | Great Britain | 1:02.78 | q |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Vladimir Latocha | France | 1:02.80 | q |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Vadim Alexeev | Israel | 1:02.92 | |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Benno Kuipers | Netherlands | 1:02.92 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Mario González | Cuba | 1:03.05 | NR |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | Todd Torres | Puerto Rico | 1:03.08 | |
| 22 | 6 | 7 | Yoshinobu Miyazaki | Japan | 1:03.13 | |
| 23 | 6 | 8 | Jonathan Cleveland | Canada | 1:03.14 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Cho Kwang-jea | South Korea | 1:03.39 | |
| 25 | 4 | 1 | Marek Krawczyk | Poland | 1:03.57 | |
| 26 | 3 | 3 | Ratapong Sirisanont | Thailand | 1:03.81 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Aleksey Kriventsov | Belarus | 1:04.20 | |
| 28 | 3 | 5 | Nerijus Beiga | Lithuania | 1:04.45 | |
| 29 | 3 | 8 | Elvin Chia | Malaysia | 1:04.46 | NR |
| 30 | 2 | 4 | Vadim Tatarov | Moldova | 1:04.87 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Børge Mørk | Norway | 1:04.92 | |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Mauricio Moreno | Colombia | 1:05.22 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | Huang Chih-yung | Chinese Taipei | 1:05.26 | |
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Juan José Madrigal | Costa Rica | 1:05.47 | NR |
| 35 | 2 | 2 | Jörg Lindemeier | Namibia | 1:05.50 | |
| 36 | 2 | 6 | Christophe Verdino | Monaco | 1:05.66 | |
| 37 | 2 | 5 | Francisco Suriano | El Salvador | 1:05.82 | |
| 38 | 3 | 6 | Aleksandr Savitsky | Kazakhstan | 1:05.85 | |
| 39 | 1 | 3 | Jorge Arias | Peru | 1:06.03 | NR |
| 40 | 2 | 8 | Desmond Koh | Singapore | 1:06.97 | |
| 41 | 1 | 6 | Jean Luc Razakarivony | Madagascar | 1:07.34 | |
| 42 | 2 | 1 | Yevgeny Petrashov | Kyrgyzstan | 1:07.44 | |
| 43 | 1 | 5 | Bernard Desmarais | Mauritius | 1:09.05 | |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Karar Rahman | Bangladesh | 1:11.47 | |
| 45 | 1 | 4 | Sultan Al-Otaibi | Kuwait | 1:12.65 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 8 | Vladimir Latocha | France | 1:02.28 | |
| 10 | 4 | Daniel Málek | Czech Republic | 1:02.39 | NR |
| 11 | 1 | Richard Maden | Great Britain | 1:02.51 | |
| 12 | 5 | Akira Hayashi | Japan | 1:02.75 | |
| 13 | 2 | Oleksandr Dzhaburiya | Ukraine | 1:02.91 | |
| 14 | 7 | Paul Kent | New Zealand | 1:03.05 | |
| 15 | 3 | Marc Capdevila | Spain | 1:03.51 | |
| | 6 | Roman Ivanovsky | Russia | DSQ | |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve | Belgium | 1:00.65 | |
| | 5 | Jeremy Linn | United States | 1:00.77 | AM |
| | 3 | Mark Warnecke | Germany | 1:01.33 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | Károly Güttler | Hungary | 1:01.49 | |
| 5 | 6 | Phil Rogers | Australia | 1:01.64 | OC |
| 6 | 1 | Kurt Grote | United States | 1:01.69 | |
| 7 | 8 | Zeng Qiliang | China | 1:02.01 | |
| 8 | 7 | Stanislav Lopukhov | Russia | 1:02.13 | |